To be honest, though, he went about it the correct way. First, he looked for the previous research on the electric light. Then he used that knowledge to create a vacuum tube, then finally the correct filament. Still, he opened the door and one of his competitors has had a light burning, almost continuously, since 1901. https://priceonomics.com/the-mysterious-case-of-the-113-year-old-light-bulb/
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